Table 1.
Overview of dietary findings
| Individual | Burial | Context* | Microremains | Dietary proteins |
| Megiddo, Middle Bronze Age III to Late Bronze Age I, n = 13 | ||||
| MGD001 | Tomb 50 | “King”; elite masonry chamber tomb (triple burial); ca. 1650–1550 BCE | Poaceae, cf. Triticum, Phoenix (date palm), Arecaceae unspecific (palm), bark, eudicot | None |
| MGD002 | Tomb 50 | “Queen”; elite masonry chamber tomb (triple burial); ca. 1650–1550 BCE | Poaceae, eudicot | None |
| MGD006 | Tomb 16/H/45 | Double pit burial; ca. 1550–1450 BCE | Poaceae, eudicot | None |
| MGD007 | Tomb 16/H/45 | Double pit burial; ca. 1550–1450 BCE | Poaceae | None |
| MGD008 | Tomb 12/K/89 | Pit burial; 1496–1320 BCE | Poaceae, eudicot | None |
| MGD009 | Tomb 12/K/96 | Double pit burial; ca. 1650–1400 BCE | Poaceae, cf. Triticum, Triticeae, eudicot | None |
| MGD010 | Tomb 12/K/96 | Double pit burial; 1638–1413 BCE | Poaceae, Triticeae, eudicot | None |
| MGD011 | Tomb 14/K/119, lower | Stone-lined cist, exotic grave goods; 1688–1535 BCE | Poaceae, cf. Triticum, Phoenix (date palm), eudicot | Sesamum, Triticum/Aegilops |
| MGD013 | Tomb 10/K/118 | Triple pithos burial; ca. 1650–1400 BCE | Poaceae, Phoenix (date palm), eudicot, bark | Not analyzed |
| MGD016 | Tomb 14/K/49 | Double brick-lined pit Burial; 1509–1432 BCE | Poaceae, eudicot | None |
| MGD017 | Tomb 100 | Masonry chamber tomb with corbelled roof, many commingled individuals; exotic grave goods; ca. 1650–1400 BCE | Poaceae, Cyperaceae, Phoenix (date palm), Arecaceae (palm), eudicot | None |
| MGD018 | Tomb 100 | Masonry chamber tomb with corbelled roof, many commingled individuals; exotic grave goods; ca. 1630–1550 BCE | Poaceae, eudicot, Triticeae | Curcuma, Glycine |
| MGD021 | Tomb 50 | Elite masonry chamber tomb (triple burial); ca. 1650–1550 BCE | Poaceae, Triticeae, Phoenix (date palm), eudicot | Not analyzed |
| Tel Erani, Early Iron Age, n = 3 | ||||
| ERA005 | Burial L2091 | Burial offering of one juglet; ca. 1100–1000 BCE | Poaceae | Sesamum |
| ERA017 | Burial L2160 | Burial offering of one Flask; ca. 1100–1000 BCE | Poaceae, Cyperaceae, eudicot, panicoid cf. millet | Musa |
| ERA023 | Burial L2181 | No burial offerings; ca. 1100–1000 BCE | Poaceae, eudicot | Sesamum |
*
Dates are provided as relative dates (marked with “ca.”) or calibrated radiocarbon dates (2σ). See Dataset S1.